Yet another reason why the 'modern' feminist movement is a plague on 'western' society. We've come a long way from the 1960s in women's rights, but now the extremists are tipping the scales of equality in to a sort of female favortism movement. Look no further than divorce courts, the draft, the legislations that are being passed, and breast cancer (which also affects men) to see how marginalized we've become...It's almost as if we've become 'legally' disposable.
Of course, there's plenty of room for improvement, the types of so-called improvements that are being made are extremely sexist.
Natural languages (Chinese, English, German, French, etc) all have their languistic flaws in the face of globalization. Sooner or later, an international effort needs to be pushed forward to construct a language that is not only phonetically/logically free of ambiguities, but can easily be adopted by nearly everyone.
English is merely a placeholder until that time comes. In other words, our capacity to think and reason is limited by the language that we think in. The only way we'll be able to reach beyond these limitations is to construct a language that will allow us to think in ways that go beyond the current limitations.
In the early days of Chrome I was a die hard fan due to simplicity and security over aesthetics...
Not so much anymore.
Which begs the question, why do they even bother to find these bugs?
I mean the last straw for me was making the scrollbar microscopic. Did they ever stop to think that i'd rather use a scrollbar to jump back and forth on a page rather than my swiping my fingers?
All of the bells and whistles that come with smart tvs you'll want to disable first and foremost as they tend to slow everything down. If you have an option to enable 'gamemode' go ahead and turn that on followed by reading up on how to calibrate your display. The only settings that really matter is backlight, contrast, and brightness.
Most of what caused WW1 and 2 was the speed at which Germany was advancing in technology which Britain feared tremendously. But what really kicked it off was their advancements in submarine technology:
"At the start of World War I, Germany had twenty-nine U-boats; in the first ten weeks, five British cruisers had been lost to them. On 5 September 1914, HMS Pathfinder was sunk by SM U-21, the first ship to have been sunk by a submarine using a self-propelled torpedo. On 22 September, U-9 sank the obsolete British warships HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue (the "Live Bait Squadron") in a single hour."
German was a contestant, but French was the dominate auxlang (auxiliary language) used by most politicians internationally at the time.
As far as the international effort to criminalize Germany:
It should be worth mentioning that it's illegal in over 13 nations to question the history of the holocaust and that the numbers are based on eye witness reports and not actual forensics. Furthermore, antisemitism is a misnomer since the word 'Semitic' is a linguistic term that refers to a group of languages from the Middle East and has absolutely nothing to do with genetics nor religion. It was first coined by those who were in opposition of Jewish businesses reviving the Hebrew language (which had been a dead language for almost a thousand years) as a means of communication with one another back in the 1800s. However what sparked WW1 was Britain's fear of Germany's technological advancements in submarine technology which posed a great threat against their world dominating Navy.
Of course, everything that I've just said could get me deported to a country that takes offense and convicted as a criminal against history even though it's the job of historians to constantly revise history as new data is gathered...
Well, Android does hold 80% of the market by volume, but iOS users tend to be wealthier thus skewing which platform is financially more rewarding for developers. If you want to hit the masses go with Android but be prepared to sell your apps for dirt cheap while with iOS you can expect an overwhelming amount of competition.
This is based upon my personal observations as a consumer and not a developer - so take it with a grain of salt.
"While it's true that open source means you can review the actual code to ensure there's no data-theft, loggers, or glaring security holes, that idealism doesn't really help out most people who simply don't have time, or the knowledge, to do it."
Examples?
Usually, when developers abandon a project they'll post it on github and leave it up to the fans to continue the development.
"As such, the trust is left to the open source community, and is that really so different than leaving it to a corporation with closed source?"
Yeah, it's completely different by every imaginable degree.
Not to mention that the article in question is based entirely on two bugs. The first one was thwarted by security researchers while the 2nd is a direct result of legacy code running on old machines/mainframes. So I fail to see how the open source community is shaken by all of this...I'm certainly not pissing myself!
So you're amongst the 1% that was dealt a defective monitor?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
You know instead of sitting on your thumb and spinning you could have sent it back to Samsung for a replacement...
Is this a site for techs or people pretending to be tech savvy?
" I did look into that believe me. Stupid fanbois. "
Obviously you haven't since everyone knows you don't download an unstable rom unless you're working with others to create one...
2 years after the release but only once they could create their own stable version of it...But why does it even matter to you? You could have installed a custom rom and got it sooner but instead you'd rather complain about something that does really improve anything. What specific features were you waiting for from kitkat on your Note 2? I thought this was a site for nerds?
Bullshit much?
I own a Samsung smart tv which consistently receives updates and have never had to buy an adapter to anything . What exactly are you pissing and moaning about?
I believe you have no idea what constitutes a logical fallacy. So I'll point you to a site that makes it easy for you to print and/or purchase a board that clarifies all of this for you:
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.c...
In good contentious, I have to reply to you twice since...
"The hack you posted is not an exploit of the phone"
Then what is it?
"Replacing a ROM chip is both a software and hardware modification. It is not stock, is it? So, out of the box, which platform is more secure at this time?"
Do you even know what you're talking about?
"Now, once you modify the device as you have indicated, it's possible to make the Android more secure. But, as a stock device, it still lags, doesn't it?"
No, it doesn't since everyone involved works closely together in improving whichever device is in question. A most notable case is CPalmar, who not only did it for his wife and his own personal enjoyment, but has done it all for free and has continuously refused donations! Even the creators of Cyanogen (the most popular custom rom) have refused to sell themselves out, even in the face of a billion dollar acquisition offered by Google:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014...
"And, you are right...you can't insert a custom ROM in an iOS device - best you can do is jailbreak - something I would never do because of the inherent risks."
The only risk that's involved is your naivety. People don't just get malware from doing nothing, they download pirated copies of app and single handedly fuck themselves. And you know what, I'd rather people have the freedom to go fuck themselves than no freedom at all since I could care less about these rejects.
Well, apparently it's officially a pissing contest now. But to clarify my reasoning behind my previous posts: I was merely promoting freedom of choice over blind trust. It's a double edged sword since the more freedom you give up the more susceptible you become to the fat cats; while the more freedom you have, ultimately, makes you more susceptible to black hats. Either way, I could give two shits less which is more secure for the 'general populace' nor how many retards get themselves hacked due to poor decisions SO LONG as I have FULL control over my devices and am able to implement my own security protcols. Which currently, Apple does not offer...End of debate.
"Now, what happens on the backend is open to interpretation and subject to debate."
No it's not, because the information is not publicly available.
"Now, what happens on the backend is open to interpretation and subject to debate."
A fanboi of what exactly? If you recall, I'm treating both Apple and Google exactly the same...Using an Android device does not always mean you're a fan of Google.
Show me an Iphone that I can install a custom rom on while avoiding all of their services and I'll buy it.
Slashdot Mirror
oh crap, I posted this in the wrong forum...I have too many tabs of slashdot open. My bad!
Yet another reason why the 'modern' feminist movement is a plague on 'western' society. We've come a long way from the 1960s in women's rights, but now the extremists are tipping the scales of equality in to a sort of female favortism movement. Look no further than divorce courts, the draft, the legislations that are being passed, and breast cancer (which also affects men) to see how marginalized we've become...It's almost as if we've become 'legally' disposable.
Of course, there's plenty of room for improvement, the types of so-called improvements that are being made are extremely sexist.
Natural languages (Chinese, English, German, French, etc) all have their languistic flaws in the face of globalization. Sooner or later, an international effort needs to be pushed forward to construct a language that is not only phonetically/logically free of ambiguities, but can easily be adopted by nearly everyone.
English is merely a placeholder until that time comes. In other words, our capacity to think and reason is limited by the language that we think in. The only way we'll be able to reach beyond these limitations is to construct a language that will allow us to think in ways that go beyond the current limitations.
A prime example is Lojban: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
In the early days of Chrome I was a die hard fan due to simplicity and security over aesthetics...
Not so much anymore.
Which begs the question, why do they even bother to find these bugs?
I mean the last straw for me was making the scrollbar microscopic. Did they ever stop to think that i'd rather use a scrollbar to jump back and forth on a page rather than my swiping my fingers?
All of the bells and whistles that come with smart tvs you'll want to disable first and foremost as they tend to slow everything down. If you have an option to enable 'gamemode' go ahead and turn that on followed by reading up on how to calibrate your display. The only settings that really matter is backlight, contrast, and brightness.
Yeah, I have a 2013 model so perhaps it was a little inflammatory of me to call bullshit on the others...meh.
But I must say that HBOGO streams better on my tv than both my cable box and my computer.
Why it does?
I haven't a clue...
Still, English is a terrible auxiliary language since it's riddled with bigotry and ambiguities. (eg two, to, too)
I'm waiting for the day when we finally drop this pitiful language and adopt a constructed language that's purely based upon logic such as Lojban...
Most of what caused WW1 and 2 was the speed at which Germany was advancing in technology which Britain feared tremendously. But what really kicked it off was their advancements in submarine technology:
"At the start of World War I, Germany had twenty-nine U-boats; in the first ten weeks, five British cruisers had been lost to them. On 5 September 1914, HMS Pathfinder was sunk by SM U-21, the first ship to have been sunk by a submarine using a self-propelled torpedo. On 22 September, U-9 sank the obsolete British warships HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue (the "Live Bait Squadron") in a single hour."
I'm referring to open source software that has fallen victim to vandalism due to a lack of security researchers.
Again, show me an example.
German was a contestant, but French was the dominate auxlang (auxiliary language) used by most politicians internationally at the time.
As far as the international effort to criminalize Germany:
It should be worth mentioning that it's illegal in over 13 nations to question the history of the holocaust and that the numbers are based on eye witness reports and not actual forensics. Furthermore, antisemitism is a misnomer since the word 'Semitic' is a linguistic term that refers to a group of languages from the Middle East and has absolutely nothing to do with genetics nor religion. It was first coined by those who were in opposition of Jewish businesses reviving the Hebrew language (which had been a dead language for almost a thousand years) as a means of communication with one another back in the 1800s. However what sparked WW1 was Britain's fear of Germany's technological advancements in submarine technology which posed a great threat against their world dominating Navy.
Of course, everything that I've just said could get me deported to a country that takes offense and convicted as a criminal against history even though it's the job of historians to constantly revise history as new data is gathered...
Well, Android does hold 80% of the market by volume, but iOS users tend to be wealthier thus skewing which platform is financially more rewarding for developers. If you want to hit the masses go with Android but be prepared to sell your apps for dirt cheap while with iOS you can expect an overwhelming amount of competition.
This is based upon my personal observations as a consumer and not a developer - so take it with a grain of salt.
"While it's true that open source means you can review the actual code to ensure there's no data-theft, loggers, or glaring security holes, that idealism doesn't really help out most people who simply don't have time, or the knowledge, to do it."
Examples?
Usually, when developers abandon a project they'll post it on github and leave it up to the fans to continue the development.
"As such, the trust is left to the open source community, and is that really so different than leaving it to a corporation with closed source?"
Yeah, it's completely different by every imaginable degree.
Not to mention that the article in question is based entirely on two bugs. The first one was thwarted by security researchers while the 2nd is a direct result of legacy code running on old machines/mainframes. So I fail to see how the open source community is shaken by all of this...I'm certainly not pissing myself!
So you're amongst the 1% that was dealt a defective monitor? http://www.newegg.com/Product/... You know instead of sitting on your thumb and spinning you could have sent it back to Samsung for a replacement... Is this a site for techs or people pretending to be tech savvy?
Well with ISPs dismantling lan line networks (which many medical and emergency services/devices rely on) what better alternative do you propose?
" I did look into that believe me. Stupid fanbois. " Obviously you haven't since everyone knows you don't download an unstable rom unless you're working with others to create one...
Btw, it took them 5 months to roll out the kitkat update.
2 years after the release but only once they could create their own stable version of it...But why does it even matter to you? You could have installed a custom rom and got it sooner but instead you'd rather complain about something that does really improve anything. What specific features were you waiting for from kitkat on your Note 2? I thought this was a site for nerds?
Bullshit much? I own a Samsung smart tv which consistently receives updates and have never had to buy an adapter to anything . What exactly are you pissing and moaning about?
A single word does not make a sentence. But thanks grammar cop for correcting something that doesn't matter in the slightest bit.
I believe you have no idea what constitutes a logical fallacy. So I'll point you to a site that makes it easy for you to print and/or purchase a board that clarifies all of this for you: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.c...
In good contentious, I have to reply to you twice since... "The hack you posted is not an exploit of the phone" Then what is it? "Replacing a ROM chip is both a software and hardware modification. It is not stock, is it? So, out of the box, which platform is more secure at this time?" Do you even know what you're talking about? "Now, once you modify the device as you have indicated, it's possible to make the Android more secure. But, as a stock device, it still lags, doesn't it?" No, it doesn't since everyone involved works closely together in improving whichever device is in question. A most notable case is CPalmar, who not only did it for his wife and his own personal enjoyment, but has done it all for free and has continuously refused donations! Even the creators of Cyanogen (the most popular custom rom) have refused to sell themselves out, even in the face of a billion dollar acquisition offered by Google: http://www.droid-life.com/2014... "And, you are right...you can't insert a custom ROM in an iOS device - best you can do is jailbreak - something I would never do because of the inherent risks." The only risk that's involved is your naivety. People don't just get malware from doing nothing, they download pirated copies of app and single handedly fuck themselves. And you know what, I'd rather people have the freedom to go fuck themselves than no freedom at all since I could care less about these rejects.
Well, apparently it's officially a pissing contest now. But to clarify my reasoning behind my previous posts: I was merely promoting freedom of choice over blind trust. It's a double edged sword since the more freedom you give up the more susceptible you become to the fat cats; while the more freedom you have, ultimately, makes you more susceptible to black hats. Either way, I could give two shits less which is more secure for the 'general populace' nor how many retards get themselves hacked due to poor decisions SO LONG as I have FULL control over my devices and am able to implement my own security protcols. Which currently, Apple does not offer...End of debate.
"Exactly how does that custom ROM get installed??? "
http://www.android.gs/install-...
"Does it require modification of a device? "
Absolutely!
"Hardware modifications are not stock, are they? "
I think you mean software modifications, but no they're not stock. But you can make a stock backup of the original rom.
"There has been no reported successful hack of iOS devices to install malware where the device wasn't jailbroken. "
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9...
"Now, what happens on the backend is open to interpretation and subject to debate."
No it's not, because the information is not publicly available.
"Now, what happens on the backend is open to interpretation and subject to debate."
A fanboi of what exactly? If you recall, I'm treating both Apple and Google exactly the same...Using an Android device does not always mean you're a fan of Google.
Show me an Iphone that I can install a custom rom on while avoiding all of their services and I'll buy it.
The thermite would cause the battery to explode...